Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Whales in South Africa
Spring is stirring up the southern right whales in the Cape, they are
schooling in Hermanus area, showing off to each other and to us the
admirers, right close into shore. The scenery on that drive is
terrific, mountains down to the Ocean. Yesterday on the western coast we saw bontebok, some bat-eared foxes,
many eland, a voracious swarm of hairy scary tiger-striped
caterpillars, and masses of wild flowers of all description, shape and
colour. So far I have caught up with:- my very earliest playmate with whom I
started school at age four, a classmate from Fortrose Academy, two
friends from Edinburgh University.. and fittingly I get to meet a
classmate from Strathclyde Uni tomorrow.. 1967-8!! Some live here and
some are visiting, like me. South Africa roads at least around the two biggest cities appear to be
fast and efficient. Beautiful surfaces, Eat yr heart out Kenya.
schooling in Hermanus area, showing off to each other and to us the
admirers, right close into shore. The scenery on that drive is
terrific, mountains down to the Ocean. Yesterday on the western coast we saw bontebok, some bat-eared foxes,
many eland, a voracious swarm of hairy scary tiger-striped
caterpillars, and masses of wild flowers of all description, shape and
colour. So far I have caught up with:- my very earliest playmate with whom I
started school at age four, a classmate from Fortrose Academy, two
friends from Edinburgh University.. and fittingly I get to meet a
classmate from Strathclyde Uni tomorrow.. 1967-8!! Some live here and
some are visiting, like me. South Africa roads at least around the two biggest cities appear to be
fast and efficient. Beautiful surfaces, Eat yr heart out Kenya.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Sunshine in Johannesburg
Day One in JNB way above expectation. Sue is fantastic company. Two
lifetimes to compare, coming from similar background (we were at
Fortrose Academy together). We visited 'Norah's Preschool' which feeds
and loves 200 pre schoolers each day. Healthy beautiful faces, sunny
bright rooms, huge pots of rice and yummy stews for lunch, then they
rest top to toe, top to toe, but not before they sang to us and we
sang back, 'Flower of Scotland', I wonder what they thought! It runs
on the smell of an oily rag but looks really great.
BTW SO FAR, the traffic here though hectic is many degrees above
Nairobi's astonishing road behaviour!
lifetimes to compare, coming from similar background (we were at
Fortrose Academy together). We visited 'Norah's Preschool' which feeds
and loves 200 pre schoolers each day. Healthy beautiful faces, sunny
bright rooms, huge pots of rice and yummy stews for lunch, then they
rest top to toe, top to toe, but not before they sang to us and we
sang back, 'Flower of Scotland', I wonder what they thought! It runs
on the smell of an oily rag but looks really great.
BTW SO FAR, the traffic here though hectic is many degrees above
Nairobi's astonishing road behaviour!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
To Africa - just one more time!
13th Sept Invercargill - Christchurch - Johannesburg arrive 14th dead beat 18th Sept arrive Cape Town 28th Sept arrive Lusaka 4th Oct arrive Entebbe 15th Oct arrive Dar 18th Oct set off home from Dar 20th October stagger home to Invercargill Pity I couldn't try the ferry up Lake Tanganyika ...........next trip??
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Henning Mankell - I just came across him!
I saw him on Hard Talk - world famous author but I hadn't come across
him - he writes powerfully about Africa. His own site is
http://www.henningmankell.com/
him - he writes powerfully about Africa. His own site is
http://www.henningmankell.com/
Friday, July 29, 2011
Magnus would have been 100 in October 2011. He wouldn't have liked a decrepit old age!
He is in this pic., greeting the Duchess of Gloucester at a Cromarty
Lifeboat launch, about 1960. The pic comes from cromartylive website
which has a wonderful library of photos.
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